Created by Hand: Carvings by Randall Boni

Location of work: Tennessee, USA
Information gathered by: Janet Barnstable
Photos by Randall Boni, with permission

Message from person who does hand work:
randyboni.jpg"I started carving twenty years ago and was inspired to carve from a student who needed a school project. I helped her to carve a little 16" totem pole as she was studying the Indians. It made me want a totem of my own so I traveled to see a fellow who I had heard was carving with a chainsaw. Once I saw his carving I went home shaking with excitement. I got an 18' log and started carving and never stopped."

Randall Boni is a wood carver from Tennessee, USA. He carves logs using a chainsaw. Here are some of his recent works. He will also create works on commission. Here is one of those commissions, so you can see it in the various stages of completion.